KEIM, William High, (nephew of George May Keim),
a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Reading, Pa., on June
13, 1813; attended Mount Airy Military School and attained the rank of major
general of militia; mayor of Reading in 1848; elected as a Republican to the
Thirty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J.
Glancy Jones and served from December 7, 1858, to March 3, 1859; was not a
candidate for renomination in 1858; surveyor general of Pennsylvania 1860-1862;
during the Civil War enlisted in the Union Army and was commissioned a major
general of Pennsylvania Volunteers on April 20, 1861; honorably mustered out on
July 21, 1861; commissioned brigadier general of Volunteers December 20, 1861;
died in the military service at Harrisburg, Pa., May 18, 1862; interment in
Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pa.